ei y'all. we didn't reach the 100 review marker in time like i had envisioned but how could i neglect my loyal readers? =) i've got a pivotal chapter for you. yes, the cause of the rating change. i'm maturing and this story is maturing and you are all watching the progress. thanks for sticking with me thru all the late, late, late, updates.

just so you know, i've never written anything as vivid as this lime. yes. sorry, no lemon yet but we're building up to that point remember?

disclaim, disclaim, disclaim...


Erik tossed and turned on that uncomfortable couch, tangling his body in the bed sheet that Christine lent him. What made his insomnia worse was the rain that was pouring much, much harder than it did earlier that night yet Erik could not blame the scratchy couch or the heavy rain for his restlessness. It was the fact that no more than twenty feet away the love of his life was lying down in bed snuggled into a thick comforter, eyes closed, and wavy hair spread out across her pillow. He imagined her hugging a pillow tightly and wished that it was his body that she was gripping onto. As Erik settled into a panoramic view of Christine in his mind, a thunderclap rang out sharply, startling him.

He couldn't take any more of this anxiety so he rose from the couch and walked over to the kitchen to drink a glass of water. The cold tiles beneath his feet caused goosebumps to rise all over his arms and he rubbed them profusely. As he leaned against the kitchen counter, he replayed the events of the night before for the enth time. She truly had wanted him to make love to her but his adamancy was a thick wall that separated him from something that he had been yearning to do the moment she walked into his pro-shop lifetimes ago. And that wall was slowly crumbling as his mind unraveled a plan.

The microwave oven clock blinked with the numbers 3:21. If I'm going to push through with my plan I'd better get a move on, Erik thought as he tapped his lips with his finger. When the clock read 3:25, Erik finally rinsed the glass he used and set it on the counter near the sink. He'd already memorized the layout of Christine's apartment so walking around in pitch black darkness wasn't a problem for him. To his delight, Christine's bedroom door was slightly ajar. Feeling like a criminal, Erik crept in and stood at the foot of the bed, drinking in the sight before him. Christine's sleeping frame matched the images Erik procured in his mind though she wasn't hugging a pillow. Instead, she was lying on her back with her right arm raised above her head and her legs slightly twisted under the comforter. Her lips were parted slightly and a dreamy smile tugged on the edge of her mouth. Erik vaguely wondered if she was dreaming of him at that moment.

Ever so slowly, Erik placed his hands beside Christine's feet and began crawling onto the bed. He never removed his gaze on Christine's beautiful face in fear that her eyes would snap open and accidentally kick him in the wrong place. He was thankful for the heavy rain that muted the creaky bed. With each stretch of his strong limbs, his face inched closer and closer to Christine's and when he was finally eye level with her, Christine's eyes slowly opened. Erik's throat constricted as his mind went blank. With Christine's beautiful, brown eyes watery from sleep, Erik's plan quickly faded from his brain. Even if she was thick with sleep, Christine still had the innocent power of unhinging Erik from his threshold of control.

"Hey," Erik weakly whispered.

Puzzled, Christine opened her lips even more, attempting to speak but Erik thought quickly and immediately closed the space between their lips. Christine's mouth molded onto Erik's until she began to respond by kissing back and opening her mouth more for Erik. He kissed her lips a couple more times before gently darting his tongue into Christine's expecting mouth. She massaged his tongue with hers and a deep rumble reverberated in Erik's chest causing Christine to shiver and shift under his body.

Erik broke the kiss to allow them some time to breathe but he didn't stop worshiping her body. After swiftly pushing the blanket from her legs, revealing tight boy shorts, Erik trailed light kisses along her neck making Christine squirm. Then the rest of Christine's body began to respond: her arms wound around his shoulders and her legs spread nestling the lower half of Erik's body between them. Instinctively, Erik's hips ground into hers eliciting Christine's first moan of the night. Her hands found their way into his hair as Erik began to sensually lick her left earlobe. Christine bit her bottom lip and whimpered in ecstasy.

Somehow, Christine wanted to give pleasure to Erik as well and so she decided to send her hand down between them and shyly gripped his amply manhood through his already tented boxers. Erik's head shot up from its current location on Christine's chest and he hissed in elation, closing his eyes from the pleasure. Christine memorized every crease on Erik's face as she began to lightly trace his length with her fingertips.

"Aahh," Erik shuddered against Christine and closed his eyes tightly. Christine craned her neck to place wet, open-mouth kisses on the side of Erik's neck that was taut with his self-restraint. She suddenly became afraid that Erik would pull away again and to her disappointment, he gripped her hand that was stroking his member and brought it up to his mouth to kiss. Then he looked into Christine's sad eyes with his intense stare and Christine realized there was something more.

"Tonight's about you, Christine," he whispered against her lips before placing a wet kiss against them, capturing a moan.

Christine's heart began pounding against her chest and she couldn't believe that this was finally happening. She didn't know how far Erik would let them go but she embraced every minute of having the man that she deeply loved moving above her and kissing every inch of her body…

Her breath caught in her throat as Erik slowly began to slide her tank top up her body and his eyes silently begged for permission.

"Uhm," Christine rose to a sitting position and pulled her tank top off herself. Erik was across from her and after she threw her top to the side, she shook her hair out and almost giggled at Erik's expression. His mouth was agape and his eyes were open wide like a little boy's at Christmas. He was staring right into her chest and Christine smirked, holding Erik's chin and kissing him. Christine readjusted their positions so that she was lying down again and Erik was on top of her again.

"You trust me, don't you?" Erik asked as he began to trace the outline of her right breast right up to the rosy bud in the center.

"Mmmh," Erik didn't wait for her reply as he latched his mouth onto her chest. "Ungh—y-yeah, yes…I trust you." Christine couldn't form a coherent thought after she felt his tongue circling her nipple. Intense heat began to spread in her lower abdomen and her arousal filled Erik's nostrils which sent more blood to his groin. He didn't know how much more of this he could take; his senses were on overdrive but for her, he would do anything.

Christine brought Erik's head back to hers and gave him a passionate kiss. Sweat was forming a thin layer on both of their skins and their arms and legs rubbed together, creating sensual friction. Erik kissed down her throat and licked Christine's collarbone. She was breathing heavily by the time he began tracing the tip of his tongue along Christine's operation scar. He moved lower on her body, kissing the skin on Christine's abdomen. Then he reached her hips, hooking his fingers into the band of her underwear. He didn't need to look up to ask if he could proceed.

Nervous, Christine shut her eyes tightly as she felt the material of her panties slide down her legs and off her feet. She didn't realize that she was holding her breath until she heard Erik whisper from her legs.

"Hey, breathe." Christine exhaled but sucked in another tight breath as Erik licked up her whole slit, gathering the wetness that pooled there. She moaned almost louder than the pouring rain outside when Erik paid special attention to the top of her sex, sucking it in and rolling it around with his tongue. Something was happening inside of Christine's body; it was as if a coil was warping her organs and winding them tightly around her sex, waiting for something more to happen. Erik felt the new tension in Christine's body as her legs hugged Erik to the apex of her thighs and he was scared that his mask would come off. Her whimpers and moans grew closer and louder and he knew she was close.

Christine had never experience anything like this before and she was scared of the sensations that Erik skillfully evoked from her. Nonetheless, he continued to lap his tongue against her clit, alternately sucking and nipping.

"Erik, p-please," She didn't even know what she was begging for but she needed a release for all the pleasure she was feeling. Her skin began to tingle and she brought her hands to her sides, gripping as much of the bed sheet as possible. She wouldn't stop squirming so Erik placed his palm against her abdomen, holding her in place as he brought her to the final peak of pleasure.

Her eyes shot open and her mouth formed a perfect 'o' as she came loudly. Erik kept his mouth attached to her clit prolonging her first orgasm for as long as possible. Christine felt as if she exploded into a million pieces but Erik was keeping her on the bed with him. No sound came out of her mouth; her silence punctuated the utter ecstasy that she was experiencing at that moment. Erik removed his mouth from her body to allow Christine time to recover.

Making love to her wasn't part of his master plan but bringing her immense pleasure was. Erik still wasn't confident that she was fully ready to take him but he couldn't stop himself from letting Christine experience just a tiny bit of the wonders of having sex. She was still sensitive to his touch, jerking slightly as the aftershocks of orgasm rode through her body. He crawled up her body and kissed her lips then her forehead that was slick with her sweat. She was whimpering quietly when suddenly, Erik stuck two fingers into her pussy immediately caressing the slightly rough patch of skin that was most sensitive to a woman.

Christine gripped Erik's shoulders tightly and arched her back away from him causing her breasts to rub against his chest. She let out a high-pitched scream before slumping onto the bed with her face buried into the crook of Erik's neck. Erik removed his fingers from her body and brought them up to his mouth, sucking them dry. Christine watched him do this through heavy-lidded eyes and raised her head to kiss Erik lightly on the lips, tasting herself.

The rain slowed down to a steady drizzle until it finally stopped. Erik had lain beside Christine until she drifted off into sleep, completely content. Erik, however, still had a rather big problem that throbbed almost painfully. Being able to share this experience with Christine was already magical but he could not wait until she was able to fully reciprocate the pleasure. He had to take it step by step knowing that although Christine mirrored his intense lust, she generally had no idea what to do with it except being guided by her innate senses.

Deciding on taking issues into his own hands, Erik carefully got up from the bed, tucked Christine's naked body back into the comforter, and less than five minutes in the shower. His member was already overly stimulated so cumming wasn't difficult to achieve. After cleaning himself up, he stole one last glance at Christine who seemed to glow in happiness before retiring on the couch, letting the dream-Christine take him to Heaven.

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Christine woke up a little bit earlier than her alarm and she waited until it tuned into a random FM station. She turned it off and rolled to her side, trying to decide whether the images of Erik's head in between her legs were real or not. She shifted her legs a little bit and still felt traces of the sticky wetness that pooled between them. Christine had wicked thoughts of skipping school that day just so she could spend time with Erik but she realized that she had already missed enough and that she had a lot of papers to turn in. Sighing, Christine got up from her bed thinking that the earlier she began her day, the sooner she would get to be with Erik.

Finding her underwear and tank top on the floor, Christine was unashamed of walking around her room naked knowing that Erik had already seen everything. She did blush though at the realization that a man had seen and touched her naked body. Christine walked out of her bedroom to peek outside, wondering if Erik was still there on the couch. Indeed, his body was sprawled on the sofa with the blanket tangled about his legs. She felt a wave of lust almost overcome her and she ran into the bathroom, resorting to a cold shower to get her head straight.

Ten minutes later, Christine was dressed and was silently preparing her breakfast in the kitchen. She planned on eating something quick like cereal that morning so she opened the overhead cabinet in search of a bowl. Meg was a lot taller than Christine so reaching for the bowl wouldn't have been a problem to her but Christine exasperatingly tiptoed and tried her best to reach the ceramic bowl. Suddenly, a much longer hand extended towards the cabinet and retrieved it.

"You're awake," Christine turned around and faced a bed-headed Erik whose tousled hair only heightened his sexual appeal that morning. She gave his a chaste kiss on the lips but Erik wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in for a deeper kiss. Knowing that she won't be able to stop if they continued any further, she reluctantly broke the kiss and smiled.

"Good morning." Erik said with his husky, morning voice.

"I've got to get to class," Christine replied apologetically.

"As much as I would like to ravage you this morning, yes, you do need to attend your classes today. Were you going for cereal this morning?"

"Yeah. Thanks for getting the bowl."

"No problem."

Christine hesitated, busying herself with pouring the milk and honey oats cereal into the bowl. "And thanks for…last night." She blushed fiercely.

"Most people would reply 'it was nothing' but it was everything. Well, almost everything, anyway." Erik added, knowing for a fact that what she experienced was barely half of the whole deal.

"It was incredible."

They stared at each other for a long time before Erik cleared his throat signaling Christine to hurry up with her breakfast.

While Christine gobbled up her cereal, Erik nosed around the laundry room. He retrieved his pants, shirt, and jacket that were still extremely wrinkled but clothes nonetheless. Afterwards, he washed up in the bathroom, carefully removing his mask to clean his face. By the time he was finished, Christine was already on her way to the door with her schoolbag and jacket in hand.

"Leaving without me?"

"I'm sorry I'm just afraid to run really late." Christine whined a little but flashed him an apologetic smile.

"Why run when you can take your brand new car?" Erik was persistent in his quest to get Christine behind the wheel.

She reached for something in her back pocket and jingled the shiny keys to her Vios. "Didn't think that I'd miss out on a perfectly good opportunity, did you?" She asked as Erik walked over to her, enveloping her in his long arms. Christine responded by burying her head into his shoulder, breathing in as much of his scent as possible before she left.

"Swing by Gameworx after your classes, love." Erik whispered into her vanilla scented hair. "Then we'll figure out something from there."

They broke apart and headed out of the apartment, both going into opposite directions. Before they got into their cars though, Christine ran towards Erik, giving him a last-minute kiss. Erik chuckled into her mouth but responded to her kiss fervently.

Then Erik got into his car and drove away. As Christine walked to her car that she was so eager to drive, she couldn't help looking up into the bright sky thanking God for giving her another chance to be with Erik and she was positive that nothing else could go wrong.


uh huuuuh. some cliffie there huh? the angst will be returning soon, ladies and gentlemen. please review! =)